YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

by Joe Duncan, founder of Duncan Capital LP. An early example occurred in 2010 when UBS Analyst Neil Currie accessed satellite imagery to monitor activity in Walmart parking lots, running the data thru a mathematical regression to translate it into customer activity for better earnings forecasts. Underwriting.

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David Teten

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In all these cases, capital is provided to fuel forecasted growth without creating a commitment to a particular vision for future funding rounds, exit goals, and associated blitzscaling. That said, nothing is cost-free. More complex cost of capital calculation. The State of Flexible VC.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

The costs associated with patenting your technological or creative boon, successfully bringing your product to market and compelling larger companies to come to the table and negotiate a royalty deal rests in how you proceed. Master the Art of Trend Forecasting (or Onboard Someone to Do it For You).

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Both Sides of the Table

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If you want to see what was on my mind – I started foreshadowing change publicly in October 2015 with a forecast of what I expected in 2016 VC funding markets at a presentation I gave at the annual Cendana VC/LP conference hosted by Michael Kim. Great companies get financed. Total customers grew 20% year/year.

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